August - Mazda MX-5 Club of Victoria & Tasmania

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Chapter chatter ... Learning my ABCs 22/7/12 | Central ■ Words: Bronwyn Roche ■ Photos: Bronwyn Roche ■ Run organiser: Ron Macdonald Heading off on Ron and Wendy’s run from Melbourne to the Club’s annual awards lunch at Macedon was an opportunity for my driver to give the navigator a lesson on the difference between the NA, NB and NC Mazda MX-5 models. Given my level of car identification sits at the red car/blue car level, the run from Melbourne to Macedon was always going to be too short to really get to grips with life’s big questions – such as the relative merits of the A, B or C models. Eleven MX-5s (five NCs, three NBs and three NAs!) plus Tony Heasley in his “family MX” (BMW) headed west over the Westgate bridge for an easy run up the freeway to the Melton/Gisborne turn off. For some of us it was our second time over the bridge as we missed the slip lane into the starting point the first time around! Joining the run were first timers Alison and Adam Trapski (in their silver grey NC) who brought along their very cute puppy for his first Club run too. We hope to see them all on many more runs. The group headed off the main road out of Melton and skirted along a ridge on the edge of the Lerderderg forest with plenty of sweeping roads, passing some serious horse studs and great views over the countryside. The Merrimu reservoir was a mill pond reflecting the surrounding views. The picnic area situated on the hilltop looked like a good stopover for a more leisurely drive. The Merrimu reservoir was at 73.4% capacity last month, a staggering increase from the 9% capacity in June 2010. The run passed through some of those small farming communities such as Bullengarook: consisting of a school, a CFA and a sports ground. We skirted around a second reservoir, Rosslynne, before arriving for a brief stop in Gisborne. These breaks are a great opportunity to chat to other run participants but also seem to be an opportunity to compare and discover new car bling … or is that just my driver? Over the Westgate 10
Separated at birth ... ? Ron Macdonald and the Colonel Heading to Mt Macedon Leaving Gisborne we had a short but enjoyable and very zippy trip around the back roads. As the hills got steeper those properties got bigger until we popped out on to the Mt Macedon township road. From there it was onto an MX-5 dream road up and over the mountain, curling all the way down and into Woodend, stopping right outside the door of the Macedon Views restaurant with perfect Mazda timing. ■ At Gisborne ... what a line-up! 11
Page 1 and 2: 8/2012 www.mx5vic.org.au The monthl
Page 3 and 4: 8/2012 Your Committee: 2011-2012 Pr
Page 5 and 6: Motor Sport Torque ■ Robert Downe
Page 7 and 8: Scene about ... at the Awards lunch
Page 9: 2011-12 winners and recognitions 22
Page 13 and 14: ■ Words: Karen Bradshaw ■ Photo
Page 16 and 17: A pleasant surprise ... MX-5 meets
Page 18 and 19: MX-5 meets the 86, and friends The
Page 20 and 21: Chapter chatter ... Ausmas in Richm
Page 22 and 23: Sh!tbox Rally 2012: Cupcake’s Cru
Page 24 and 25: Cupcake’s Crusaders (cont’d)
Page 26 and 27: The trek north-west to Bendigo ■
Page 28 and 29: Market place … Please note: notic
Page 30 and 31: The MX-5 Club Grill Introducing ...
Page 32: MEET TODD FLETCHER Our Award Winnin

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